Deleting video files from HDD workflow

[InterrobangMP]

I am having great trouble finding a smooth workflow that can allow me to permanently delete video files.

Say I'm shooting a video and 30 out of the 100 clips I shot that day, I would like to delete.  For me that could potentially be a lot of HDD space.

I came from a photography background and so started using Lightroom to upload my video clips to HDD.  I shoot a lot of regular and slow-mo at 120fps all mixed together.  I focus manually and the subject is moving fast.  Lightroom doesn't handle the 120 fps files very well and playback is stilted and jerky.  So my current workflow is:

1)  Import into Lightroom to label and file manage onto HDD.

2)  Import all files into Premiere.

3)  Review files in Premiere - especially 120 fps files which I batch process into 23.976fps so I can check focus and framing

4)  As I realise that a file is a total throw away, I note the file name, flip over to Lightroom and flag that file as rejected

5)  Clear that file from Premiere project

6)  At the end of reviewing all files, I then filter out the Lightroom flagged files and delete them from my HDD in one go.

It's a clunky workflow because I have to switch between apps and effectively have to delete each file twice: from premiere and then flagging it in Lightroom.  Sometimes I flag and delete the wrong file in Lightroom because I've looked through 300 clips in one day and then I have to find it in the thrash, put-back, and relink it in Premiere.

When I realised that Prelude was supposed to be like Lightroom for video, I thought great! I can review my footage properly and delete from the HDD quickly in one clean process.  WRONG!  There is no way to delete the actual file from the HDD through Premiere media browser either, which could have the potential to make things smoother.  But then I'd still have to go back and delete the "missing" files from Lightroom - which is essential for keeping everything categorised and filed effectively.

Does anyone know of any smoother way to do this?

Yes I could just not delete the files.  But space for me is unfortunately limited.

Currently I'm left with using software that was not really meant to work with video files to do the job of organising my video media.

Why does Lightroom have such great and smooth workflows for organising and deleting files and Prelude does not?

[Ann Bens · Accepted solution]

Make clips offline in Project Window

[InterrobangMP]

This is brilliant!  Thank you so much.

Do you know if such an action is possible in Prelude?  I just had a little look and could not find anything.

However, I still don't see much advantage to Prelude just yet, as Lightroom is still a more effective way to view all my projects and clips together as I tend to categorise them so that one year is one catalog. 

[MyerPj]

InterrobangMP  wrote

However, I still don't see much advantage to Prelude just yet, as Lightroom is still a more effective way to view all my projects and clips together....

Hi IbMP,

The reason I liked Prelude was that you can put multiple bookmarks and notes at various places in a clip, whereas when I looked at Lightroom, I could only comment on the clip as a whole. Has that changed?